Vegetation of Southern Patagonia in the 1970s-Digitization of a gray-literature data set as a monitoring baseline in a changing world

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F23%3A97179" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/23:97179 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13209" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13209</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13209" target="_blank" >10.1111/jvs.13209</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Vegetation of Southern Patagonia in the 1970s-Digitization of a gray-literature data set as a monitoring baseline in a changing world

Original language description

Monitoring vegetation trends against objective baselines is fundamental to quantify the impacts of global change on plant biodiversity. Vegetation plot time series are a gold standard in vegetation monitoring, but such data are missing for many regions. Southern Patagonia is an example of a region strongly impacted by climate change but lacking time series data. Monitoring in this region could benefit from a comparison with vegetation survey data gathered between 1975 and 1979, as part of the multidisciplinary research program Transecta botanica de la Patagonia austral (hereafter Transecta). Published in 1985, it contains data on 668 vegetation plots, which were so far inaccessible to most researchers: Transecta has never been reprinted, nor fully digitized, and can only be found in specialized libraries. Here, we created a reproducible workflow, documenting how vegetation plot data from historical sources can be extracted and harmonized. The resulting open-access database we created fills a major regional gap and provides a needed baseline to assess the impacts of global change on southern Patagonia vegetation. By making these data available, we hope to inspire a new generation of vegetation scientists to resurvey the area and continue the legacy of the pioneer researchers who compiled Transecta. We created a reproducible workflow for extracting and harmonizing into an open-access database the 668 vegetation plots collected in the 70s during the multidisciplinary research program Transecta botanica de la Patagonia austral. Since the region is lacking extensive vegetation plot time series, these so far inaccessible gray-literature data can provide a baseline to assess the impacts of global change.image

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Vegetation Science

ISSN

1100-9233

e-ISSN

1100-9233

Volume of the periodical

34

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

SE - SWEDEN

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

1-10

UT code for WoS article

001082909100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85174582619